Chapter 638

"Now looking back on one or two, my father Xu already knew what big brother did secretly, but he didn't mention a word to me at that time..." the long princess's voice was dumb: "The father just told me that the current situation is so that there is no second choice. He said that although the second brother is belligerent, he always does not compete with his family. If the eldest brother is really willing to implement benevolent government, the second brother will be a good minister and will help the eldest brother stabilize the foundation of Daqing."

Must be a good minister

Xu Mingyi was silent.

The first emperor saw the second son very thoroughly, but is this bullying a sensible child?

It seems that he is aware of the eldest son's ambition and knows that the eldest son wants to rob, but the second son doesn't rob, so he unconsciously prefers to consider the eldest son——

If the second son doesn't rob, he is destined to be a good minister. Life and death are controlled by others.

The eldest son has ambition, so he gives everything to him and wants to fill each other's ambition at once.

Such an arrangement seems to "take what they need", but can it really be safe?

Did the emperor ever think that some people are dissatisfied with their ambitions?

Even if he got the biggest piece of meat, he still suspected that others would rob him. Such a person had never thought of the so-called "benevolence" from the beginning, and his mind was full of killing him——

Therefore, as soon as the first emperor left, he couldn't wait to lay hands on Prince Yan's house, causing Princess Yan "one corpse and two lives".

Then, the king of Yan was far away from the capital and placed in the barren and difficult north. In the past 18 years, he never stopped thinking of taking the king of Yan's life.

Did the emperor think of all this?

Or I thought of it.

That's why I left the edict, hoping that if there was a day, it would still prevent everything from going to the worst——

But is there really time?

Just as in previous lives, this imperial edict was buried with the long princess's murder, and no one even knew its existence.

It can't be said that the way of the former Emperor was too chicken ribs, but the situation was always unpredictable, and it seemed that it was normal for things in the world to deviate from prediction. The real calculation had no choice but to have the blessing of luck.

And at that time, no matter what the first emperor did, it was too late. At best, it could only be made up after the sheep were lost.

As her grandfather once said to her, the real fault of the former Emperor was that he did not set up a monarch in time. His wavering attitude nourished the growth of too many ambitions, which was the source of all the bitter fruits.

When it comes to this, my grandfather always sighs. The first emperor is also a man of great talent and strategy. He can't carry it clearly in family affairs - so we can't have too many children. Isn't there enough lessons from the past to the present?

"... according to this, the death of the second sister-in-law in childbirth may not have nothing to do with the emperor's brother." recalling the old events 18 years ago, the long Princess guessed coldly on her back.

"It was the emperor who caused the difficult birth of Princess Xianyan."

The girl's tone was firm, and the long princess looked at her with shaking eyes.

"There is evidence of this --" Xu Mingyi made it clear to him about Qiao Biying.

The long princess's fingers trembled.

When the emperor's brother attacked her, she just thought she was the emperor. After sitting on the throne for a long time, she hardened the people's hearts

But now it seems that as early as a long time ago, from the beginning, her royal brother did not have more than half of human affection in his eyes!

What benevolence and kindness are all illusions for the world to see!

There were tears in the corners of the long princess's eyes and a sad laughter in her voice: "... if my father and Emperor knew about it under the spring, I don't know how he would feel? Even if I put aside my selfishness, my father and Emperor had to go down. At that time, my second brother was on an expedition, and the eldest brother in the palace and Beijing took the opportunity to control... If my father and Emperor didn't tell me about it and tore his face, there would be a palace change..."

Many things are easy to ignore once they are exposed. If there is serious chaos, the courtiers who support the second brother, the empress dowager, and King Yan's house... I'm afraid there will be disaster.

She knows the father emperor and believes that the reason why the father emperor chose to suppress his cause of death is that there must be a stable situation and the idea of preserving King Yan's house.

The edict of the throne was like appeasing, trying to appease the beast that had quietly opened its mouth.

However, the beast's appetite is not satisfied!

"My own brother, I grew up with him, but I can't see through it. Don't say it's the father who has always owed him..." the eldest princess's tone was both sad and ironic: "Now I think he always makes the most of his father's debt... After his mother died, he became more silent, but more and more made his father feel guilty. If it wasn't for this guilt, how could he share the same weight with his second brother in his father's heart only by his qualification?"

Now she thought about the filial piety, kindness and helplessness of her eldest brother and the embarrassment of her eldest son in those years, so she just wanted to vomit!

Was he really as depressed and pitiful as he seemed when his mother died?

It's probably just making use of my mother's death to plan a future for myself!

Really speaking, my father naturally likes my second brother more. My second brother is intelligent, courageous, capable and aboveboard——

But her eldest brother always had a way to win his father's guilt, so as to shake his father's judgment.

Every word and deed is calculation!

But both the Empress Dowager and the second brother were deceived by his poor and speechless appearance. On the contrary, everyone was taking care of his emotions... How could he be defeated if he was so calculating and kind-hearted?

Hearing the words "owe heart", Xu Mingyi sighed slightly.

What did the emperor think he owed?

Did he marry the Empress Dowager and suddenly embarrass the woman who had accompanied him through joys and sorrows?

Or, if there were no empress dowager, he would have regarded that woman as his wife.

With the empress dowager, she and her son have become inferior beings.

Therefore, the first emperor felt owed, especially after the woman died of illness, even when she died without a title.

This is probably a worry of the first emperor. The empress dowager, who is always generous, must see this in her eyes, so she will agree to pursue the seal.

The first emperor felt guilty, and even he should feel guilty about it——

But this is his own debt.

What did the Empress Dowager and her children do wrong?

Did someone force the former Emperor to marry him with a knife when he married his wife?

The Empress Dowager was born in a famous family. Her whole family devoted almost everything to help the former Emperor achieve great achievements. Her brothers also threw their blood and lost their lives to protect the former Emperor——

What did they do wrong?

In the end, the Empress Dowager stayed in Beijing as a pledge because of the debt and swing of the former Emperor. In the last life, she was poisoned and died; Princess Xianyan was killed and nearly died. Wu Tsui never dared to show her true identity in the Wu family for many years, and the father and son haven't seen each other for 18 years; The king of Yan guarded the North alone. He suffered from heart disease because of depression. He had to be on guard day by day. He was always on the edge of the abyss.

The first emperor's guilt made him die under his own son, which also implicated the Empress Dowager and the Yan King's family.

This is indeed a benevolent person, but this "benevolence" is given to the wrong person.

Although we can not deny everything about the former Emperor, it is obvious that the former Emperor did a lot of things in dealing with family affairs.

Especially when a man of ordinary origin suddenly ascended the throne, everything was just groping. In the process of groping, he chose to mix family affairs with state affairs——

He wants to be a good father.

This can be seen from the imperial edict left behind.

He wants to balance the situation as much as possible and save every child.

It was because of the idea that this ordinary father would have that he lost his original decision and chose the wrong way.

As a parent, even if the facts are in front of us, we always find reasons for our children, and rarely think that our children are really hopeless. Even if they are killed by their parents and children, they still fantasize that this son may implement the so-called benevolent policy in the future

Xu Mingyi was silent for a long time.

In the final analysis, these are the past. How did the first emperor think about it and what kind of mental process he experienced? Outsiders can't assert it, and it's difficult to talk about right and wrong——

At present, the most important word is stop loss.

And let the real murderer pay the price, so as to end all mistakes as soon as possible.

"I was so stupid that I believed that after he got the edict, the second brother had no threat to him, and he would not kill me and the second brother again..."

Princess Jing Rongchang's eyes gradually became cold and determined: "if someone must disappear completely to stop all this, it should be him."

Xu Mingyi agrees with this sentence.

"When do you need this palace?" asked the eldest princess.

"Now everything is still under deployment. I'll tell your highness when the time is ripe."

She came today to persuade the eldest princess. At present, the progress is much smoother than she thought.

This is the best result.

The long Princess nodded: "yes, it needs a proper time."

The persuasion of the imperial edict, in addition to the imperial edict itself, also needs the ability to control the overall situation.

Otherwise, it is tantamount to handing over the assassin's mace early and waiting to be crowned with the crime of forging the imperial edict.

"... thanks to Miss Xu's timely arrival, I'm not afraid of Miss Xu's jokes. A few days ago, I heard that the third brother was escorted to Beijing, and the imperial brother intended to punish him for his death. I've already moved the idea of showing the imperial edict." the eldest princess said: "if there are serious changes again, I can't guarantee that I won't really take it out rashly."

Xu Mingyi was shocked.

"Could it be that the imperial edict is still in your Highness's hands?"

The long Princess nodded, "yes."

"Is that the one your highness found by leading the Emperor... False?"

"No, it's true."

Xu Mingyi was surprised, but he suddenly.

Therefore, as like as two peas, the emperor left two identical edicts to the princess.

"My father told me that if the imperial brother noticed the existence of the imperial edict, he would let me try to give one to dispel his suspicion, and then secretly deliver the other to a trusted person." the long princess said: "after my 'illness', although everything was stable, the imperial brother still made people secretly pay attention to the movement of the Lord Chang's residence, so I never found a chance to take out another imperial edict."

She was also afraid of giving things to others. If she showed it too early, she would lose its original meaning.

A thing is worth its most.

Because of her cowardice, she was able to keep under the suspicion of the imperial brother for so many years, perhaps for this day.

Now, she was finally able to hand it over.

"Please let the girl come with your ears -"

She had to wait. In order to prevent another accident, she had to tell the girl in front of her where she hid her things.

Xu Mingyi leaned slightly to listen.

“……”

The long princess's voice was so low that only two people could hear it.

Xu Mingyi nodded gently: "I have written it down."

Princess Yufeng couldn't hear out of the window. She wasn't very curious about it. The shock brought by what she heard just now has overwhelmed all.

But these amazing old things are just old things. At present, what she needs to worry about most seems to be herself.

Hearing that Xu Mingyi had got up and left the room, she quickly dodged away from the window.

Xu Mingyi came out, and she stepped forward quickly.

"Finished? I'll see you off."

At this time, a voice came out through the window——

"Xie Jiaojiao, why don't you come in?"

The voice was lazy and quiet, but Princess Yufeng heard a roar in her head.

Is this really "back"?!

Don't think about... Loading it again before the big event is completed?

She looked repeatedly, forced a smile and replied, "I'll send Zhaozhao -"

Then he quickly took his friend's arm.

Xu Mingyi gently took down her hand and said, "no, I know the way."

Princess Yufeng's eyes widened - who works?

But the person in front of him looked like "I'm doing it for you".

——At this time, the eldest princess is still suffering from learning the truth of the old story, and she can't lose much temper. If she takes the opportunity to comfort her, she may be able to make a confession and expose her past evil deeds.

Therefore, Xu Mingyi gave Princess Yufeng a look of self blessing, and left ruthlessly.

She didn't know whether Xie Jiaojiao had been pinched on her arm or twisted on her ear in the yard behind her, but she was doomed to leave unharmed.

……

On the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, there was a heavy snow in Beijing.

Along with the snow came a memorial from the north.

Unlike in the past, this memorial is not about which city the king of Yan conquered, where the conscription was resisted by the people, or the dispatch of food and grass was not timely, but that the king of Yan's army has not made any movement since he occupied Cangzhou a month ago.

This is undoubtedly abnormal for Yan Jun, who is eager to meet Wu Jiajun.

It's too snowy to March?

Stationed in Cangzhou for energy?

Or another plot?

Can't you stay in Cangzhou for a new year and continue playing after the new year—— It doesn't have to be so ceremonial!

The courtiers speculated a lot about this. Xie Shoufu sent orders everywhere in the north. Be sure to check the inside story of this matter in detail.

Ten days later, the army of King Yan was still quiet, and a new secret letter had been sent back.

“……”

In the cabinet, the ministers were surprised by the contents of the letter.

The Yan king had an accident!